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E-Discovery Update: Pushing Back Against Hardcopy ESI Productions

Wed, 29 Oct 2008 08:59:17 -0700

Conrad J. Jacoby addresses how critical technology issues related to document authenticity and document-associated metadata have left fewer lawyers willing to accept e-mail messages and other electronic documents in print format. He argues that litigants choosing to produce electronically stored information in hardcopy format should be prepared to provide more complete electronic copies of their production, even when it isn’t initially requested by opposing counsel.

Features - Refining the Standard: Authenticating Computer-Based Evidence

Fri, 03 Nov 2006 17:00:13 -0700

Refining the Standard: Authenticating Computer-Based Evidence

M. Sean Fosmire is a shareholder in the Michigan law firm of Garan Lucow Miller, P.C., based in the firm's Marquette office.

Features - Dennis Kennedy's Legal Technology Predictions for 2006: Small Steps for Most Firms, Giant Leaps for a Few Firms

Sat, 10 Jun 2006 00:16:04 -0700

Dennis Kennedy's Legal Technology Predictions for 2006: Small Steps for Most Firms, Giant Leaps for a Few Firms

By Dennis Kennedy

Dennis Kennedy is a well-known legal technology expert, technology lawyer and blogger. His blog and his web page are highly-regarded resources on technology law and legal technology topics. He is member of the ABA Law Practice Management Section's Council and Webzine Board.

Features - The Homesteader and the Gunslinger - Plaintiff's Counsel in Discovery

Wed, 15 Jan 2003 01:00:00 -0700

The Homesteader and the Gunslinger

Plaintiff's Counsel in Discovery

Another NY court on discovery of social media evidence

Sat, 23 Feb 2013 19:54:14 -0700

Attorney Nicole Black brings context to the impact of the proliferation of social media accounts among the majority of adults in the United States. The information from these accounts has become a prime source for lawyers to mine for evidence to support their clients' cases.

Testing the Accuracy of Database Information Produced in Civil Discovery

Mon, 05 Jul 2010 13:17:00 -0700

Conrad J. Jacoby identifies the trend that increasingly electronically stored information ("ESI") requested in litigation discovery originates in databases or other structured data repositories. Previously, this data was stored in discrete e-mail messages, spreadsheets, and word processing files that have long made up the bulk of most ESI document productions. Businesses creating and managing their accumulated information have discovered that they are able to extract far more utility if they store their data in a single repository and in a standardized format.

E-Discovery Update: My E-Discovery Holiday Wish List

Sun, 14 Dec 2008 09:10:48 -0700

Conrad J. Jacoby's holiday wish is for the legal community to finally develop one or more judicially accepted standards that can be used to craft consistent ways of requesting and producing information. With baseline procedures in place, both producing and requesting parties, as well as judges, will be able to make more informed decisions about the need for discovery and the way in which such discovery should be conducted.

Conrad Jacoby's E-Discovery Update: Minimizing E-Mail Archive Data Conversion Issues

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 01:00:00 -0700

According to Conrad J. Jacoby e-mail conversion is done without a second thought in many e-discovery projects, and the results are often satisfactory to both producing and requesting parties. However, each major e-mail archive architecture uses a fundamentally different method for storing information about e-mail messages, and sometimes some collateral damage will occur.